The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s latest macroeconomic warnings paint a picture that could be one of the most consequential and bullish indicators for bitcoin . At the core of the warning is a steady rise in global public debt, which the IMF has projected could approach 100% of global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2029
Tax season is now more connected to Bitcoin’s retail demand. Bitcoin has spent the first half of April trading in the low $70,000s, with recent moves through the $71,000 to $75,000 zone keeping the asset close enough to its highs for retail attention to return quickly. But there’s a more important change happening beneath the
Bitcoin price fell nearly 3% on Wednesday as investors booked profits following its sharp rally above $75,000 the previous day amid renewed hopes of U.S.-Iran peace talks. Bitcoin’s price fell today as investors booked profits following the sharp rebound yesterday. It is quite common for investors to take some profits, especially when such a sharp
US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds bounced back to notable daily inflows as Goldman Sachs entered the Bitcoin ETF sector. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded $411.5 million inflows on Tuesday, marking the second-largest daily inflows in April so far, according to SoSoValue data. The fresh inflows pushed total net flows for 2026 into positive territory at
Matt Hougan, investment director at crypto asset management company Bitwise, made noteworthy assessments regarding Bitcoin’s long-term potential in the context of geopolitical tensions. Hougan stated that if Bitcoin becomes both a store of value and a globally used currency, its potential market capitalization could surpass that of the gold market. Hougan pointed out that Bitcoin
Bitcoin was built on a promise that no one can touch your coins without your private key. No government, no bank, nobody. That promise is now, for the first time in Bitcoin’s 16-year history, being challenged from the developer community itself, as a part of measures to build defenses against future quantum computers that could
The Bitcoin Risk Index just hit zero, “a full low-risk regime,” reported Swissblock on Tuesday. The metric is a proprietary indicator that gauges the overall risk level in the Bitcoin market. It essentially measures the relative balance between selling and buying pressure, and how “risky” it is to hold or buy $BTC. Swissblock noted that
Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp and five co-authors from the Bitcoin quantum security space have proposed freezing quantum-vulnerable coins on the Bitcoin network, including Satoshi’s $74 billion stash, to prevent them from being stolen once quantum computers become available. The move is the second part of a three-stage proposal under BIP-361 called the “Post Quantum Migration and
The Bitcoin price is bouncing back strongly amid growing hopes for a potential shift in the standoff between the US and Iran. So far, $BTC has gained roughly 10% in the weekly time frame. This pushed the asset back toward the $76,000 area and briefly marked a nearly one-month high. The move appears to have